Chapter 1
More panthers were born than died.
increasing
Fewer were born than died
decreasing
The number of ducks that were born was the same as the number of ducks that died.
stable
Fewer mice were born than died.
decreasing
The eater of the resource population is called
consumer population
When something becomes different over time
Change
When two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source.
Competition
All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area
ecosystem
The ability to make things move or change
energy
A molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive
ESM/energy storage molecule
A model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem
Food web
The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects
indirect effect
A group of the same type of organism living in the same area
Population
The process of creating offspring
reproduction
A small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
sample
When something stays mostly the same over time
Stable